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Databases

Databases are provided by NMRLS (Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System). They are also purchased by Melrose High School Library Resource Center.

Biography Resource Center Biography Resource Center has full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals and books on more than 340,000 people.

At home:mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=infotrac  Put in your 14-digit public library patron barcode (no spaces)

General
Encyclopedia Britannica Encyclopedia Britannica is a multi-media electronic full-text encyclopedia with text, images, video and audion clips.

At Home: school.eb.com

You will need a user name and password (passwords are available for students and staff only
-please ask in the library.)

Grolier Grolier is a multi-media encyclopedia with thousands of articles with images, maps and links to other resources.

At home:  mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=grolier  Put in your 14-digit public library
patron barcode (no spaces)

eLibrary eLibrary is a general database with access to books, magazines and newspapers.  Includes maps, transcripts and pictures.

At home: mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=el  Put in your 14-digit public library patron barcode (no spaces)

Infotrac Infotrac is a group of general databases that include full-text articles and abstracts from magazines, newspapers, journals and reference sources.  Subjects include: Arts & Humanities, Business, History, Science and Social Sciences.

At home:mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=infotrac  Put in your 14-digit public library patron barcode (no spaces)


Informe! Informe is a Spanish language database that indexes full-text articles and images of Hispanic magazines.

At home: mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=informe Put in your 14-digit public library patron barcode (no spaces)

History
ABC-Clio

Six history databases are available for research in addition to the History Reference Center Online.

American History, American Government, Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society, United States at War, World History: Modern Era,and World Georgraphy

At home:  (unified log-in) www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com

You will need a user name and password (passwords are available for students and staff only-please ask in the library).

Literature
Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select contains over 11,000 articles on 20th and 21st century authors including critical  and biographical essays. (Infotrac)

At home:mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=infotrac  Put in your 14-digit public library patron barcode (no spaces

Literature Resource Center Literature Resource Center is the world's most current, comprehensive, and reliable online literature database. Uniquely relevant to today's curriculum, Literature Resource Center's rich critical, biographical and contextual materials support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers at all levels will find the information they need on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Newspapers
New York Times The New York Times has full-text articles since 1995. (Infotrac)

At home:mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl?db=infotrac  Put in your 14-digit public library patron barcode (no spaces)


Proquest Newspapers Proquest Newspapers is a database of nine Massachusetts newspapers with most full-text starting in the 1980s.

At home: mblc.state.ma.us/books/magazine/newspapers.php Put your 14-digit public library patron barcode (no spaces)


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